Results for herald

Definitions of herald:

part of speech: verb transitive

To introduce; proclaim; usher in.

part of speech: noun

Formerly, an official who proclaimed peace and war, bore messages, etc.; a forerunner; harbinger; any messenger.

part of speech: noun

An officer who reads proclamations and regulates public ceremonies, & c.; one who registers all matters connected with genealogy and armorial bearings; a precursor or harbinger; one who formerly carried messages between princes.

part of speech: verb

To proclaim; to introduce, as by a herald.

part of speech: verb transitive

To introduce, as by a herald: to proclaim.

Usage examples for herald:

• " Yes, but you see the herald has brought her. "At Agincourt", G. A. Henty

• As soon as I got to Marseilles I conducted my niece to Madame Audibert's, and sent Possano and my brother to the " Trieze Cantons" inn, bidding them observe the strictest silence with regard to me, for Madame d'Urfe had been awaiting me for three weeks, and I wished to be my own herald to her. "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

• And when our meal was ended, I took a herald and one of my company, and went to the palace of the King, and found him feasting with his wife and children, and I sat down on the threshold. "The Story Of The Odyssey", The Rev. Alfred J. Church

• " Yes, I have heard the same from the herald "At Agincourt", G. A. Henty